Monthly Archives: May 2008

Hurrah! Manchester gets a thumbs up from the man from The Times. Regular readers will know that I recently spent an enjoyable evening with Nick Wyke who was in the city to do a piece about our dining scene. Well … Continue reading →

I ask because there seems to be a growing trend to move away from the traditional round, ceramic receptacles which have done us proud since around 600AD (according to Wikipedia) In recent times I’ve been presented with steak and chips … Continue reading →

Manchester is going to hold the city’s first ever ‘snail-hunt’ on Saturday, I’m told. The hunt is being organised by Café Rouge in an attempt to persuade Mancunians to celebrate National Escargot Day and pay homage to one of France’s favourite delicacies – the humble snail.
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A corporate training event led me to the United ground this morning – where lunch was provided. I looked, I searched but I can exclusively reveal – there were no prawn sandwiches.

Yes it’s been revealed this week that the obese are actually to blame for global warming (and I think the Chinese earthquake and Burmese cyclone, but I could have got that bit muddled up). British scientists say they use up … Continue reading →

Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Spent an enjoyable early part of yesterday evening talking food and online journalism with The Times food and drink editor Nick Wyke. He’s ventured out of the capital to write a feature on our fair city and he wanted to … Continue reading →

It’s been a bad week for…………………………..bin dippers
Or, to be more politically correct, freetarians.
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